Save Article

Convicted Politician Also Barred From Serving in Legislatures for 10 Years

By

Vibhuti Agarwal

Sept. 28, 2014 10:15 a.m. ET

NEW DELHI—Jayaram Jayalalithaa, the powerful leader of one of India's biggest regional parties, was sentenced to four years in prison and had to step down from her position as chief minister of the southern state of Tamil Nadu after a court found her guilty Saturday of corruption charges in a case that has lasted for nearly two decades.

A court in Bangalore found Ms. Jayalalithaa 66, guilty of having accumulated wealth well beyond her known sources of income. In addition to the prison time, the court said she will also have...